id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1561 Independent agencies of the United States government - Wikipedia .html text/html 4314 406 45 United States decided that although the president had the power to remove officials from agencies that were "an arm or an eye of the executive", it upheld statutory limitations on the president's power to remove officers of administrative bodies that performed quasi legislative or quasi judicial functions, such as the Federal Trade Commission.[1](p142) Presidents normally do have the authority to remove regular executive agency heads at will, but they must meet the statutory requirements for removal of commissioners of independent agencies, such as demonstrating incapacity, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or other good cause.[5] The United States Postal Service (USPS) is defined by statute as an "independent establishment" of the federal government, which replaced the Cabinet-level Post Office Department in 1971. Independent Agencies in the United States: Law, Structure, and Politics. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1561.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1561.txt